China News Agency, Hong Kong, June 5th. The Hong Kong Palace Museum (hereinafter referred to as the "Hong Kong Palace Museum") announced on the 5th that 914 precious cultural relics from the Beijing Palace Museum have been approved by the central government to go to Hong Kong and will be held in Hong Kong in July this year. Appeared at the opening exhibition of the Forbidden City.
This is the largest collection of the Palace Museum since its establishment in 1925.
Data map: Hong Kong Palace Museum.
Photo by Zhang Wei
According to reports, 914 exhibits were selected from the Palace Museum's more than 1.86 million collections, which can be described as one in a thousand.
Among them, 166 first-class cultural relics belong to the "national treasure" level, accounting for 18% of the total number of borrowed exhibits.
Most of the cultural relics are exhibited in Hong Kong for the first time.
One of the opening exhibitions - "Treasures of the Nation: Calligraphy and Paintings of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties in the Palace Museum" brought together 35 classic calligraphy and painting masterpieces dating back to the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The cultural relics of the Palace Museum in Hong Kong this time are complete, covering various categories of the Palace Museum's collection, including paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics, gold and silverware, enamels, jades, lacquerware, glass, seals, embroidery, jewelry, sculptures , books, ancient buildings, etc.
Chen Zhisi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, said: "We sincerely thank the central government, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Palace Museum and other units, as well as the Hong Kong SAR government for their support in allowing 914 rare and rare treasures from the Palace Museum to be released from the palace. , exhibited at the Hong Kong Palace Museum."
Dr. Wu Zhihua, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, said: "Each piece of the Palace Museum exhibits has its own unique historical, cultural, artistic and scientific value, showing the long history and profoundness of Chinese culture. The Hong Kong Palace Museum adopts a new curatorial approach and combines new technologies. , new media, and exhibit the treasures of the Palace Museum. We are eagerly looking forward to the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum in July, presenting these art treasures to Chinese and foreign visitors, and sharing the interesting stories behind them with the public.”
It is reported that the exhibition period of 914 cultural relics at the Hong Kong Palace Museum ranges from one month to more than a year.
From the perspective of cultural relics protection, some cultural relics need to be displayed in rotation.
For example, ancient calligraphy and painting paper or silk cultural relics are very sensitive to light, temperature and humidity, and the exhibition period is only 1 to 3 months. After this exhibition, some cultural relics will be returned to the Palace Museum to sleep for several years.
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